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Mr. West (Greenwich) exhibited Thalycra sericea, Sturm., 

 from West Wickham, Kent. 



Mr. Carrington exhibited a skin of Pallas' Sand Grouse 

 {Syrrhaptes paradoxus, Pall.), and remarked that Mr. Cooper 

 had received specimens of this rare bird, which, as was well 

 known, had immigrated westward from the central portions 

 of Asia, where it was usually found in considerable numbers. 

 Mr. Jobson had pointed out to him, that in years when the 

 bird occurred in this country, which were unfortunately few 

 and far between, Deilephila galii, Schiff., also occurred in 

 some numbers. 



Mr. Cooper said it might interest the meeting to hear that 

 he had received a letter during the week, stating that in a 

 locality which he was not at liberty to mention, where Pallas' 

 Sand Grouse had been very plentiful in the spring, they were 

 still to be seen in good numbers, and it was very probable 

 that nests would be found. 



NOVEMBER %th, 1888. 

 J. T. Carrington, Esq., F.L.S., Vice-President, in the Chair. 



Messrs. H. W. J. Vaughan, F.E.S., W. Warren, M.A., 

 F.E.S., W. D. Cansdale, F.E.S., C. Fenn, F. Oswald, H. A. 

 Sauze, A. Short, H. E. Hopkins, D. Chittenden, and S. Webb 

 were elected members. 



Mr. Wellman exhibited Acidalia aversata, L., the specimens 

 being examples of a second brood bred from ova obtained 

 from moths taken by him in the neighbourhood of Brixton, 

 and included plain, banded, and reddish forms. 



Mr. Tutt, on behalf of Mr. T. A. Chapman, exhibited 

 Acronycta tridens, Schiff. ; a long series of 80 bred specimens 

 from Hereford, some with a beautiful rosy tinge, others show- 

 ing a great deal of variation in the character of the discoidal 

 spots, and in the character of the basal mark ; a long series 

 of y^./j-z, L., from the same locality for comparison, together 

 with an exceptionally dark specimen of ^. viegacephala, Fb. 



Mr. Tutt stated that Mr. Chapman had said the larvae of 

 A. tridens and A.psi were very different. Mr. Tutt thought 

 most of the specimens taken in the London district were psi, 

 but those taken in the Rochester district in nine cases out of 



